uproot

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Synonyms: unroot

Antonyms: unroot

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Verb

1. To tear up (a plant, etc.) by the roots, or as if by the roots; to extirpate, to root up.
2. To tear up (a plant, etc.) by the roots, or as if by the roots; to extirpate, to root up.
3. To destroy (something) utterly; to eradicate, exterminate.
4. To remove (someone or something) from a familiar circumstance, especially suddenly and unwillingly.
5. Of oneself or someone: to move away from a familiar environment (for example, to live elsewhere).

Noun

1. The act of uprooting something.

Verb

1. Of a pig or other animal: to dig up (something in the ground) using the snout; to rummage for (something) in the ground; to grub up, to root, to rout.

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